Xbox Video continues to be Microsoft's way to provide Windows Phone users video and movie offerings. Surely there are other competitors like Netflix already running on Windows Phone, but Microsoft's offering balances the difference between owning and streaming in a smarter way. Microsoft has pushed update version 2.6.370.0 to Windows Phone users, and there are some decent things to look out for. Microsoft hasn't been specific as to what this update brings, but according to some users, the new update brings new playback controls for the service, even though the previous ones weren't bad at ...

Yesterday, at long last, Microsoft released an application it promised to Windows Phone users months ago: Xbox Video. Xbox Video functionality was present in Windows Phone 7, as a standard feature. But said feature disappeared in Windows Phone 8. Now, aside from the Music + Video Hub, Xbox Video and Xbox Music exist as standalone applications, available only for Windows Phone 8. The application itself is pretty straightforward with a fairly basic set of features. It also has a handful of limitations or … missing features, straight out of the gate. One, it doesn't save your place in video ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Vivo's new Xplay 3S, and its 2K-resolution display. Meizu follows as the company has just announced that its officially going to launch products in the US. Then we talk about Microsoft and the fact that Xbox Video as finally arrived to Windows Phone 8. Then the news about Microsoft continues as we cover the company's plan for a new CEO. We end today's show talking about the Pebble App Store, and what this could mean to the platform. All this and more after the break. Stories: - This is what a 2K smartphone looks like: Vivo launches Xplay 3S - ...

At E3, Microsoft kind of renamed their Zune music service to Xbox Music. It's pretty safe to assume that support for this new renamed service will come to Windows Phone 8 just with a few minor rebranding changes. However, it looks like Windows Phone 8 will finally get Movies/TV support in the Marketplace. Marc Whitten of Microsoft shared a letter on Major Nelson's Blog that mentions some of the new Xbox services that will be coming to both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Xbox on Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Xbox is the premium entertainment experience for video, music, and games on ...